this is a multi-alarm blaze and one person was taken to the hospital. everybody else managed to get out safely. we are continuing to watch this breaking situation from chopper 6 and we'll bring you more information from kennett square as it becomes available. we are tracking the bitter cold tonight, the delaware and lehigh valley woke up to winter, hats and scarves were needed to brave the weather, but parts of new york state is digging out from a ferocious snow storm, the big story is the arrival of winter like weather on the east coast. it did not help warm things up much. frigid digits, in fact philadelphia tied a record low today while it has warmed a bit it's still below freezing at

this hour. >> cecily tynan has an update from accuweather and eva pilgram with tips with coping with the weather, lets begin with sharrie williams at the big board, with a look at the staggering snowfall in buffalo, new york. we are talking six feet of snow in parts of buffalo, and they are giving you the scope of the storm we are talking about. this is an aerial photo showing how a lake-effect snow storm blanketed the city that normally shrugs it's snow. forecasters say that buffalo will receive a year's worth of snowfall in three days, it has paralyzed the buffalo area, the normally busy interstate 90 was buried under 5 feet of snow and it's blamed for seven deaths, three of those victims died from a heart attack while shoveling snow and officials in new york are preparing for the possibility of even more snow and they have one message for

residents, stay at home. >> please do not be fooled by the beautiful sunshine, there is still tremendous amounts of snow on the ground in south buffalo. >> a travel ban is also in affect there. but lets talk closer to home tonight, we are not facing snow but we are dealing with record cold. cecily tynan is outside of the stutd yos. >> you want to be bundled up if are you outside, we tied a record low, the temperature dropped to 20 degrees tying the record low set back in 1936, reading a new record, of 17 and trenton and wilmington not quite a record, they dropped to 19 degrees and the atlantic city airport, the overnight low down to 20, tuesday's afternoon high only 30 degrees and we did one degree better today in

philadelphia 33 degrees, and this is the earliest stretch of temperatures stuck in the 30s in november since 1996, since 18 years ago it hasn't been this cold in november. temperatures right now still cold, philadelphia 31 and millville 31 and reading 29 and allentown 26, and sea isle city 26 and they are making snow in the ski resorts in the poconos and the wind is not much of a factor today like yesterday. the wind gusts yesterday were up to 40 miles per hour and now down to 15 or 20 but the windchill make its feel like 22 in philadelphia and 29 in trenton and allentown and 23 in wilmington and 21 in reading. so the evening planner if you are headed out, you'll want to bundle up and dress in layers, 8:00, 32 and clouds roll in and this will help keep the heat into the earth so that means it won't be as cold tonight as last

night. we are tracking a one-day warm-up of air, and the details are coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> from cecily we bring in our reporter, eva pilgram, she is in south philadelphia live with how to cope with these temperatures. >> reporter: hey sharrie, this bitter cold cuts right through you when you step outside and it can cause major headaches for your car and your house. >> we have been swamped since this cold snap, and it's keeping us busy. workers all over the delaware valley, going non-stop since the temperatures dropped, and these problems quickly become emergencies. >> i need it cranked up. kristen just had her unit services and she has problems. >> there were multiple problems with the hatter. >> it made sense to replace the

unit instead of investing in fixing it when i knew it was getting old and would have to be replaced. >> the cold is taking its toll on cars too, aaa says the calls were up 22%, the top three reasons for calls for help. dead batteries, tows and tire relate the problems. >> check your tires and fluids and mainly fluids in car, washer and solvent and windshield fluid. >> these are the coldest temperatures we have seen in november since the mid 1970s and people are not taking any chance zplz i want to get everything fixed and ready to go. >> everyone we talked to today pretty much told us the same thing, make sure you get your car and heating unit serviced because nobody wants to get stuck in these freezing temperatures. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> some great advice from eva,

we have all the reminders you need at 6abc.com/weather, it's always the place you can find the latest from accuweather and storm tracker 6 and see the hourly forecast and get the latest updates from our team of meteorologists, it's all there at 6abc.com/weather. >> over to rick. >> thank you sharrie. there are lots of lingering questions about the death of cooper health systems ceo john sheridan and his wife joyce. we know the home was set on fire. nora muchanic is in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, a member of the sheridan family. joyce sheridan's brother is sharing details he has learned over the last few weeks and is asking for more information from authorities. the mystery of what happened in

this house in skillman on september 28th has still not been solved and the prosecutors office remains the lead agency in the investigation of the death of john and joyce sheridan, they are now giving manpower and expertise in this case. the sheridans were stabbed multipeople times with three different weapons prior to the fryer being set in their bathroom. and this means only a third party could have committed the crime. the sheridans were remembered in a memorial service in trenton and prior to his career in cooper, sheridan was a well known and politically connected republican that once served as at transportation secretary. his brother is critical so far saying the prosecutor is totally

incompetent and that his sister was stabbed at least eight times and john sheridan had a stab wound on his side and to his neck and was found beneath a large armoir. they ruled out the couple's four sons as suspects but they are not happy with their uncle talking about details about the crime. we do not condone releasing piece meal information and it's not happening get to the truth of what happened to our parents. >> mitch has two questions about his sister's death, what happened and why. so far we don't have the answers. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. parents accused of failing to make child support payments were taken into custody.

the alleged child support payers were take and into custody and nine dads were arrested and three more turned themselves in. >> time now for the "action news" traffic report midweek. >> the good old schuylkill expressway, always giving us challenges on the afternoon commute rick and monica, this afternoon it's especially challenging, a crash westbound giving us delays, eastbound is bumper to bumper from gulph mills to the curve and on into south street, late running construction near passyunk was the problem on the eastbound side. and the crash that brought down poles and wires and closed butler park you can use 202 instead because the crash there is now gone. 222 in berks county still not open after this morning's crash stick with park road locally and

61 as possible alternates, and the water main break blocking off north street stay by the friendlies and the d.q. as alternates. >> chilly for me unless you are getting hot sauce on top. hunger and poverty are huge problems in our area, one out of every four families here is hungry tonight, that is why we are trying to help out with our annual 6 abc food drive telethon tonight. volunteers are manning the phones until 6:30 and taking your donations for philabundance for those in need. sara bloomquist is live. >> thank you to everybody that has donated so far, the number to call is 1-877-940-6222, philabundance the large of the hunger relief organization in this area. we have special people taking the calls, todd herremans, the offensive line man from the philadelphia eagles, if you call in right now he may be the one

that takes your donation, we'll talk to todd in just a bit and we have fran dumfy, the head basketball coach at temple. why is this important to give against hunger? >> i appreciate it sara, we get our players together before thanksgiving and they have to announce what they are doing presently and what they are thankful for, they go home with family and friends, and there are so many other people out there that don't have friends and family and they can't be taken care of. we can do what we can to provide something good for them. you asked me to come out here and i am happy to do it. it's my job to help anybody i can. >> a good job? >> yes. >> thank you for being here tonight, the number to call is

1-877-940-6222. much of this money, the donations and food goes to help children and seniors in this area, call now and give. back to you in the studio. >> all right sara, thank you. hey! it's mister monopoly.

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in tonight's health check report there is progress and room for improvement with sugary drinks and children. ali gorman is live at the big board with the new report. >> the first report in 2011 was really an eye onner, they found that befr able makers spent $1 billion a year advertising unhealthy drinks to children and teenagers. now sales are down 70% and that is because companies are putting more ads on social media, one is the addver game. youtube is another sthot promotional video, one has had 10 million views and red bull's channels featured 2200 different videos. >> if beverage companies really want to help, they need to stop

marketing their high sugar products to children and it would be great if they created new products that did not have sugar and no artificial sweeteners. >> they say they are targeting to african-american and hispanic children that have higher chances of obesity than white children and they say the study is misleading and they market to kmirn in a responsible way. >> and now people you know complain about the traditional hospital gown and if have you been a patient you know they are uncomfortable and a bit drafty. now they say they have a gown that both patients and nurses will like. it was created by the henry ford system called the model g, it's closed across the lower back but doctors and nurses have access to the upper back through a slit

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the office supply retailer, staples closing more stores in an attempt to boost profits, they will shut down an additional 30 stores this year in edition to the 140 already announced and investors want to see the stores close as soon as possible in order to increase revenue. and now workers are demanding paid sick leave, they were protesting outside of city hall today then come from a variety of unions and businesses. well, as parents know, sleep is often a delicate balance when

you have children, tonight on "action news" at 11:00 we have answers on making your overnights peaceful. here is a preview. i'm alicia vitarelli, as a new parent i know that getting your child on a sleeping schedule can be challenging. it can affect both the parent and child. >> there are days i would say i'm not safe to be with her because i was so exhausted. >> the myths of sleep are getting parents into trouble. >> how do you get your child to sleep at night and once that is handled how do you handle getting your needed sleep. that is all on "action news" at 11:00.

time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board, cecily tynan is here another day where the mercury got our attention. we started with the record low of 20 degrees tying the old record of 20 set in 1936 and the afternoon high only 33 degrees, that is 22 degrees below the average high for this time of year. the average high is 71. millville 31 and reading 29 and trenton 28 degrees and the winds have definitely diminished since

yesterday but a breeze creates a windchill factor, 29 in philadelphia and 19 in allentown and 21 degrees in reading. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we are in the clear earlier and now some clouds are beginning to drift in from western and central pennsylvania, what this is, is low pressure across the great lakes and there say cold front and this low pressure is heading north of us and that will bring in clouds ahead, and that cranks up the lake-effect snow again across the same area still dealing with the heavy snow up to five feet of snow south of buffalo, the lake-effect snow warnings go into affect at 11:00 tonight. we are looking at another 1 to 3 feet i should stay in the same areas tomorrow. some areas will see up to 8 feet of snow across parts of upstate new york. we don't have to deal with any of that and we'll have some clouds and that will help insulate the earth and it won't

be as cold as last night. 24 in reading and 27 degrees in millville and allentown's low is down to 23 degrees, so the five-day at 5:00 shows tomorrow it will be below normal but compared to today and yesterday, temperatures stuck in the 30s, it will feel much warmer, 35 degrees and loads of sunshine, and on friday colder air behind the cold front and fileters in and the high back in the 30s, 36 degrees and brisk and on saturday chilly and 42 degrees, if you are running the rothman 8 k, temperatures for that race will be in the 30s and mild on sunday for the philadelphia marathon and half marathon, 58 degrees and rain arriving by evening and monis wet and warm with a high of 68 degrees. one thing i love to do is go to the westchester railroad, the santa train that, is where melissa magee is, getting into

the christmas spirit. >> reporter: that is right, this is westchester's gateway to the world and it has been that way for 60 years, you can see here, this used to be part of the pennsylvania railroad company and wow has it come a long way, we are getting ready for the holiday season and thanksgiving is next week and then comes christmas and we are getting in the festive mood and getting inside of the santa express and having more coming up on "action news." hey! it's mister monopoly. and the new monopoly millionaires' club lottery game. where you have 3 ways to become a millionaire. first, win the top prize of up to 25 million dollars when you match all the draw numbers. or win 1 million dollars when you match all the club numbers. or you could win up to one million dollars as a contestant on the exciting new tv game show in las vegas.

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"action news" continues with rick williams, and monica malpass. >> here is what is happening on wednesday night. important news for anyone traveling through philadelphia international airport tomorrow morning. workers are walking off the job and we have new details coming up. and more on the baby toting suspect that swiped a package off a delaware county front porch and a drive benefiting philabundance is underway. we'll tell you how to help families across the region. and now breaking news from

washington, d.c., a man was arrested one block from the white house today after secret service officers found a rifle and 40 rounds of ammunition and a knife in his car. he is a 41-year-old man from davenport, iowa, he was now the hurting anyone but his behavior was deemed suspicious. we'll bring you updated on air and online at 6abc.com. passengers traveling through philadelphia international airport may have to add extra time to their journey because dozens of baggage handlers are walking off the job tomorrow morning. wages and unsafe working conditions are their completes. vernon odom is here with more from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: good evening, just how much service will be disrupted is unsure at this hour but there has